Research and Development Perspectives of Transgenic Cotton: Evidence from Patent Landscape Studies

Authors:

Sastry, Kalpana RRashmi, H BBadri, Jyothi

Keywords:

Bt cottonTransgenicsAgri-biotechnologyPatent landscape

Issue Date:

Mar-2011

Publisher:

NISCAIR-CSIR, India

Abstract:

Rapid developments of
technological tools in the development of transgenic cotton harbouring the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) gene for conferring resistance to bollworm
have played a major role in ushering an agri-biotechnology revolution at the
global level and more so in Southeast Asian countries like India and China. The
unprecedented increase in the use of these technologies and major investments
by technology providers through strategic alliances or through agreements has
brought the tools into a developing country like India. The objective of the present
study is to assess patenting trends of this revolutionary technology in
agriculture and its role in commercialization of the crop. Patent landscape
analysis was deployed to map bibliographic patterns such as publication and
priority year, country, assignees and technological analysis of major research
areas with applications in technology development. The study illustrates the
crowded domain of technology providers and the need to build strategic
partnership platforms for effective use of the products.

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